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SAFETY PO0KET.' No. 256,196. Patented Apr. 11,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'Orrroit.a

SAMUEL E. BUSHNELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SAFETY- POCKET.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 256,196, dated April 11, 1882.

Application filed September1,1B81. No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. BUSHNELL,

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Safety-Pocket, of which the following is a specification. Watch-pockets have been made with a vertical flap, and witha horizontal seam running into the pocket to unite the two fabrics forming the pocket and allow the watch to hangin the lower part of the pocket with the shank against the seam, so that a pull upon the chain is not liable to dislodge the watch from the pocket unless the fabric yields sufficient] y to draw the horizontal seam out of its proper shape. 1

My invention is an improvement upon the devices before made; and it consists in combining with the fabric of the pocket a volute spring that tends by its expansion to keep the pocket closed, and the inner end of the spring forms an abutment for the watch-shank, so that any pull upon the watch-chain is received upon the spring and transferred thereby to the fabric in such a manner that the watch cannot be wrenched from the pocket without' tearing the garment; but it can be pressed back and lifted out with facility by the fingers when inserted into the pocket.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the garment with the pocket-spring and watch in dotted lines, and Fig.2 is a detached view of the pocket-spring.

The spring is preferably of metal wire, in the general form of a volute, except that the portion a is nearly straight and turned inwardly. The portion b passes downwardly below the pocket, and the portion 0 passes'at the back of the pocket and up to thetop end of the vertical flap c of the pocket.

The pocket is made of suitable fabric, and the spring a b c is stitched in between the fabrics, or the edges of the fabric are turned over and stitched, so as to inclose the spring. In all instances the spring should be slightly contracted by the fabric, so that the expansion will tend to keep a slight tension upon the fabric at the mouth or flap of the pocket.

The pocket is inserted into the vest or other garment in the usual way, only the flap e is vertical, or nearly so, and the portion a of the spring makes a separation in the pocket, beneath which the watch hangs, as shown by the dotted lines, and the end of the spring is at the shank of the watch, so that any strain on the chain has little or no effect in raisingthe watch from its place in the pocket.

The ends of the spring should be coiled, as shown, to form eyes that are securely sewed to the fabric of the garment.

The'spring acts to keep the pocket closed, so that the watch or other article will not fall out when the garment is removed from the person.

I claim as my invention The volute spring a, b c, in combination with the pocket for watches, having a vertical, or nearly vertical, opening or flap, the parts being constructed and applied substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 13th day of September, A. D. 1881.

S. E. BUSHNELL.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINO NEY, WILLIAM G. Motor. 

